Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudySECTION C: Adult HealthQuestionnairesGeneral HealthSection C was answered by all respondents of both the Adult Health and Health Service Utilisationquestionnaires. In ROI, 3,358 general adult health interviews were conducted: 1,415 with men and1,936 with women. A majority of adults indicated their health was either excellent (22.6%) or very good(27.8%). Males and females overall had a similar pattern but there was an inverse age-related gradient,with older adults less likely to rate their health as excellent or good and more likely to rate it as fair orpoor.In NI 790 health interviews were conducted with adults, 402 with men and 388 with women. In thiscase adults rated their health as either excellent (14.9%) or very good (33.8%), but women were morelikely to rate their health as excellent (17.1%) than men (12.8%). Again there was an inverse relationshipwith age, the older the respondent the more likely to rate their health as fair or poor.Table 138: In general would you say your health is...(Questionnaire item C_1)Poor Fair Good Very good Excellent nTotal ROI 5.7% 13.2% 30.6% 27.8% 22.6% 3344NI 2.5% 11.4% 37.4% 33.8% 14.9% 787Male ROI 6.2% 13.9% 29.1% 29.4% 21.4% 1413NI 2.5% 11.3% 36.5% 37.0% 12.8% 400Female ROI 5.4% 12.6% 31.8% 26.7% 23.5% 1924NI 2.6% 11.6% 38.2% 30.5% 17.1% 387Under 30 ROI 1.6% 7.9% 27.5% 33.0% 30.0% 1498NI 0.7% 5.8% 32.2% 39.7% 21.5% 41330-44 ROI 4.2% 12.5% 32.0% 29.4% 21.9% 857NI 1.2% 12.8% 48.6% 28.8% 8.6% 24345 - 64 ROI 13.8% 21.8% 34.2% 19.2% 11.0% 609NI 8.6% 25.0% 35.3% 26.7% 4.3% 11665+ ROI 19.9% 29.3% 30.9% 12.0% 7.9% 191NI 26.7% 40.0% 13.3% 6.7% 13.3% 15In ROI there were high rates of registration with a GP (96.9%). Women were slightly more likely to beregistered than men, and the older the respondent, the more likely he or she was to be registered. Mostrespondents also had an up-to-date medical card (92.6%), rising to 99% of those aged 65 years andover. In NI 93.9% were currently registered with a GP, rising to 100% of those over 65 years of age.124